tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10280668.post110793666726096286..comments2023-09-22T06:05:17.495-05:00Comments on Brad Appleton's ACME Blog: Deployment CM for the Home Enterprise in 2020Brad Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15136106921504315995noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10280668.post-1109229263005737762005-02-24T01:14:00.000-06:002005-02-24T01:14:00.000-06:00I'm looking forward to the day when the majority o...I'm looking forward to the day when the majority of the backend for my home computing infrastructure is a non-descript box out in the garage next to the water heater. It would store my media (movies, pictures, music), various documents, a couple of TB for internet cache, and I wouldn't mess with it at all (except when the red light on the front came on). I doubt my handheld or desktop devices would really need all that much CPU or capabilities locally, everything would just be delivered from the BOX.<br /><br />Software designers are going to have to take back the maintenance chores that we foisted off on users and make software systems that take care of themselves. I think its going to be a pain for us, but ultimately be better for the user who will be able to count on computing working like the hot water and electricity in the house--without thought.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084440295243652579noreply@blogger.com